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Prayer Request
I wanted to let you know that my Uncle Harold passed away on July 8th. He had been having health problems in recent years and then he fell earlier this year. He was not doing well, so we were preparing ourselves for him to pass away but we were hoping he was going to have…
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Children’s Hymn: “Silver Bells” by Ettie A. Revere

Hymnal Page Scan: Hymnal for Primary Classes: a collection of hymns and tunes, recitations and exercises, being a manual for primary Sunday-schools (With Tunes)) page 75 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: I have been listening to children’s hymns recently and it’s been really helpful. We can use these hymns to re-parent our inner child and establish…
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New Song: “Calmly, Quietly Sleeping” A Children’s Sleep Meditation

PDF: Words to Calmly Quietly Sleeping Audio: This song is a children’s sleep meditation that I wrote that I want to share with you. In the first verse, the child asks God to calm her mind and heart as she is laying down to sleep. She starts to meditate. She feels the angels are there…
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“Search Me, O God” by J. Edwin Orr; Imagery from Jeremiah 17:9 of the heart as a great, turbid deep

Hymnal Page Scan: Our Great Redeemer’s Praise page 343 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: I have been writing about heart energy on here. In my last post, I wrote about how we do not know what is in other people’s hearts or our own heart. God alone can truly search the human heart and know it.…
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“Thou Thinkest, Lord, of Me” by Edmund S. Lorenz

Hymnal Page Scan: Hymns for Worship 419. Amid the trials which I meet | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: This is a hymn we can sing to God when we are walking with Him in the quiet valley of prayer. The message of this hymn is that there is something that can lift our spirits when we…
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“Cleanse Thou My Heart” by Edith Tillotson; Notes on Chapter 14 of The Expositor’s Bible: The Book of Proverbs by Robert F. Horton; Imagery of God cleansing the heart in order to heal a broken spirit

Hymnal Page Scan: His Worthy Praise page 77 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: Todays’ post begins after the words to the hymn, so please keep scrolling. 1 Cleanse Thou my heart from secret sin,From any hidden wrong,That to a loyal child of thine,O Lord, must not belong. Refrain:Oh, make me white and pure within,A temple bright…
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“The Quiet Vale of Prayer” by Maria Wheeler; Notes on Proverbs 18:14; Imagery of going to the valley of prayer for healing of a broken spirit

Hymnal Page Scan: Spiritual Songs No. 2: for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday school page 2 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: Here are the words to this hymn. I’m going to put them at the beginning of the post so that it will be easier for you to read them when you are listening to the…
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“His Little Ones” by Cecilia Havergal

Hymnal Page Scan: Royal Praise for the Sunday School: a collection of new and selected gospel songs. With a clear and concise course of instruction in the elements of music page 48 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: This is a hymn you can use when you are meditating on the imagery of Jesus as the Good…
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“O Breath of Life” by Bessie Porter Head

Hymnal Page Scan: Trinity Psalter Hymnal page 659 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: This is a hymn that we can sing as a prayer to God for renewal. As you are singing through it, envision the breath of life sweeping down from heaven and reviving you…renewing your thoughts, your will, and your heart. When I was…
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“Moment by Moment” by Daniel W. Whittle

Hymnal Page Scan: Hymns of Glorious Praise page 296 | Hymnary.org Piano Recording: This hymn talks about what I was writing about in yesterday’s post. When you are singing through the chorus, try to envision moving moment by moment…step by step…along the pathway with Jesus. He carries us from moment to moment. Yesterday we prayed…